Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies
by Noam Chomsky
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Paperback / softback. New. In his 1988 CBC Massey Lecture, Noam Chomsky inquires into the nature of the media in a political system where the population cannot be disciplined by force and thus must be subjected to more subtle forms of ideological control. Specific cases are illustrated in detail, using the U.S. media primarily but also media in other societies. Chomsky considers how the media might be democratized (as part of the general problem of developing more democratic institutions) in order to offer citizens broader and more meaningful participation in social and political life.
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Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies is a 1989 book by US academic Noam Chomsky concerning political power using propaganda to distort and distract from major issues to maintain confusion and complicity, preventing real democracy from becoming effective. Like many of the titles by Chomsky, such as Pirates and Emperors the themes come from such titles as St.
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- Title
- Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies
- Author
- Noam Chomsky
- Format/Binding
- Paperback / softback
- Book Condition
- New
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- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0887845746
- ISBN 13
- 9780887845741
- Publisher
- House Of Anansi Press
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- This edition first published
- 1998
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